Scarlet Thread Map

Cross references

Psalm 8:2

From the mouths of children and infants

You have ordained praise

on account of Your adversaries,

to silence the enemy and avenger.

Psalm 8:2 BSB
  1. a Literally You have ordained strength; LXX You have prepared praise; cited in Matthew 21:16

Psalm 8:2 has 18 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 17 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Matthew 21:16 (52 votes) and 2 Corinthians 12:9–10 (32 votes). 13 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Exodus 11 to 2 Corinthians 12.

GenesisMalachiMatthewRevelation

Which verses does Psalm 8:2 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Matthew 21:1652 votes

    “Do You hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise’?”

  2. 2 Corinthians 12:9–1032 votes

    But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

  3. Isaiah 40:3130 votes

    But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

  4. Psalm 46:1028 votes

    “Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”

  5. 1 Corinthians 1:2728 votes

    But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

  6. Matthew 11:2525 votes

    At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.

  7. Luke 10:2113 votes

    At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.

  8. Psalm 44:167 votes

    at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.

  9. Psalm 84:5–76 votes

    Blessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; even the autumn rain covers it with pools. …

  10. Exodus 15:165 votes

    and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.

  11. Isaiah 37:36–385 votes
  12. Exodus 11:74 votes
  13. Joshua 2:9–114 votes
  14. 1 Samuel 2:94 votes
  15. Isaiah 37:20–294 votes
  16. Amos 5:94 votes
  17. Habakkuk 2:204 votes
  18. Psalm 4:43 votes

Which verses point to Psalm 8:2?

The 10 strongest of 13.